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No. 345.
Sir,
GOVERNment hoUSE,
HONG KONG, 8th July, 1932.
Encl. No. 1.
2018.31
Encl. No. 2.
Qus. tel. No.
I have the honour to address you on the
subject of the proposed sale by private treaty of an
area at Repulse Bay, marked A and shown edged blue on
the enclosed plans, to the Hong Kong Realty and Trust
Company. The sale of this area 'A' to the
Company forms part of a larger scheme embracing as well the two contiguous areas 'B' and 'C', shown edged
red and green respectively on the plans.
A copy
of the particulars and conditions on which it is
proposed to grant all three areas to the Company is
attached. The area 'A' is at present an unsightly
undeveloped lot through which a stream passes to the
sea. It is much overgrown with brushwood and offers
obvious risks from a Sanitary point of view. It
would be in every way more satisfactory that it should be cleaned up and properly developed.
2.
Repulse Bay is the most popular bathing beach
in the Colony, and its popularity continues to grow.
Hitherto bathing has been from matsheds or bathing huts
erected by private individuals at their own expense on
small areas on the beach under annual license from the
Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.